River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-08-04

that is they contain more gluten. The
gluten of the flour is the body whose
tenacity and elasticity. when in the
dough, enables it to hold the bubbles of
gas which are formed in the process of
rising. and consequently a flour which
is deficient in gluten cannot make a
light bread. The gluten however when
present in sufficient amount, must be
in such physical condition as not to
be injured and discolored by the fer
mentation which goes on in the dough
through the action of the yeast. The
methods of milling are, of course, res
ponsible for the condition in which the
gluten is left in the flour originally, but
the length Of time and manner in which
the flour is stored and preserved have
their ultimate effect upon it. The
Hungarian hours average 81 per cent
of moist gluten, while that from the
Minnesota mills averages only 20 per
cent May we not hope for an improve
ment in the character of our wheats,
and also for better methods of milling,
that will produce the very best quality
of flonr? Meanwhile few bushels of
home grown wheat or rye ground at
country mill will afford excellent
bread, the staff of life.
MAKING HAY.
There mas not been much opportunity
for cutting grass early this year, or any
great necessity for it. The backward
ness of the season has prevented it
from ripening on the dry knobs, or
from lodging in rich and moist places
as it has done in some years before
in July.
Thanks TO moving machines, ted
ders. horse rakes, and horse forks it
does not take as long as it used to
take to get the hay upon a farm. If
the beginning is little later than
usual it is possible to crowd the work
fast, and it may be well to put few
of such long day, from sun to sun, rs
our grandfathesS used to make. If
the evening from 4 until s o'clock, and
the same time in the morning is spent
in cutting grass, and the rest of the day
in stirring, raking and putting it in
the barn a great deal may be handled,
and the hay will not need as much
labor expended upon it as if the fore
noon was spent in moving and the
afternoon in raking and drawing in.
BY this method the hay will be sweet,
nutritious and get well cured.
WEEDS.
Whatever else the farmer neglects he
must not neglect to keep the weeds
down during this next month, if he eX-
poets to have a good crop this year, or
land clear of weed seeds next year
No time on the farm is spent to better
advantage than that of destroying the
weeds in July and August, before they
ripen any seed, yet many farmers think
after the Fourth of July the crops win
take care of themselves, and keep the
weeds back so they will do no injury.
This is a mistake. Potatoes and even
corn viii be injured by weeds that come
from the seed after the first of July, but |
the injury to the land by filling it with
weed seeds, and increasing the labor of |
cultivation another season at least three |
fold, is even greater.
HINTS FOR THE THOUGHTFUL.
Sow Hungarian grass now.
When your wheat is ready to cut at |
tend to it at once.
The Georgia watermelon crop is go
ing to be immense.
Down in Texas they call a mule 1.-The |
power behind the throne"
The first lesson in cattle-raising is to
learn to love and pet the cattle.
All kinds of stock except sheep and |
swine have decreased in value in Dako-
ia.
The progressive farmer always keeps
ahead of the weeds.
Employ extra help for the kitchen rs
well as the field during harvest.
Give, breeding cows the run of Glow
er field all through the summer if YOU
can.
Stable manure, says Professor Cham
berlain, of Iowa, is the best fertilizer on
earth.
The Crown Prince of Germany sells
1000 quarts of milk daily from his
dairy farm near Berlin.
The swine breeders of Iowa have come |
to look upon white clover as an excell- |
ent summer pasturage for hogs.
Cultivation should be more and more |
shallow as corn increases in size, say,
an Ohio Experiment Station report.
If a true male is bred to mixed fema-
les the issue it toward the type of the
the pure breed so long as such male is
used. 4
Keep the hoe moving; it viii not only
kill the weeds, but render the soilmellow,
and thus promote rapid growth to the
crops.
Watch for striped bugs upon the vines;
a light busting with white lead while the
dew is on is said to afford protection
against them.
A writer in the Maine Farmer calls
caponizing poultry a ''heartless prac-
tee, and wants anti-cruelty societies to
have it stopped.
AT recent picking on an ostrich
farm in California fifty pounds of feath-
CTS Ntlt ODJdlHCNls NOll T1oO u pOuuu
SIS, 900 for the pick.
There is still time to grow roots for
winter use. You bless your stock and
increase your store when you go into
iwnter with a good supply of roots.
An entirely new insect, heretofore I'M
known by entomologists. is devastating
the New York hop-yards. The insect
works on the roots of the plant, and re-
sembles beetle.
Turkeys are great foragers. and will
gather their entire food from the fields
during the summer, at the same time
destroying myriads of bugs, grasshop-
pers, worms, ETC., that prey upon the
crops.
Thirty-fve of the principal fruit grow
ers of Berrien County, Michigan, have
signed an agreement TO use full quart
boxes for all fruits except red raspber-
rieS. and to mack in tWenty-four-auart